At 11 p.m., the last headcount taken estimated that some 21,000 had already passed through the gates.

These numbers fall pretty much in line with the figures anticipated by the event's promoters, Insomniac Events, which came in at between 18,000 and 22,000. Off-duty officers and private security staffs were brought in based on these figures -- a much smaller figure than the site's established maximum capacity of 42,927.

Reports of "possible heat/drug related" started trickling in at around 8 o'clock, with the first possible death-related report coming at 8:30 p.m. By 11 p.m., on-site command posts were established, with added police and fire-rescue officers setting up on festival grounds. At around midnight, authorities on hand decided to place into action a "soft close" plan of the Automotive Building in response to worries "concerning the public health aspect of this event." Between 1 and 1:30 a.m., the "soft close" plan went into effect, which explains the early end to Skrillex's set-closing indoor set.

In total, 30 people were transported off the grounds and to area hospitals for "heat, drug and alcohol related
issues." Only two arrests were made -- one for public intoxication and one for possession of MDMA (ecstacy).

In the meantime, Unfair Park has the entire timeline of events provided the city, which further details the above events. After the jump, feel free to peruse the event contract agreed upon and signed by officials from both the City of Dallas and Insomniac Events.

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These things are highly noticable before going to any public event because when they cannot control the things and creates the difficulties rather than facilitaing the audience to attract more. Governments should take some serious actions on these things and make some serious laws to punish them.

"In total, 30 people were transported off the grounds and to area hospitals for "heat, drug and alcohol related issues." Only two arrests were made -- one for public intoxication and one for possession of MDMA (ecstacy)."

No worse than Texas Jam in the 80s or any other large gathering of 20,000+ people in their 20s. Maybe the citation for overcrowding the individual buildings could be warranted, but Dallas Fire Dept. should have been on hand to monitor the occupant load.

Forget about West coast, or East Cost, promoters ever bringing events like this to Dallas again. Can you blame them. 40k people can live in the Nevada desert for a week (Burning Man) with relatively few incidents but bring a small event to Dallas and people can't maintain their scene.